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FILIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1978
ALCOHOL IC DRINKS
AND TOBACCO
147
146
137
142
142
133
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
107
104
103
106
103
102
DURABLE GOODS
118
118
110
116
115
107
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
137
136
125
134
133
122
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
128
124
116
130
128
121
SERVICES
139
138
133
140
140
133
ALL ITEMS
127
129
118
127
129
119
THE C.P.1. (A) IS BASED ON WEIGHTS DERIVED FROM THE EXPENDITURE OF HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $400-$1,499 A MONTH AND THE C.P.I.(B), BETWEEN $1,500-$2,999 A MONTH IN THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY, 1973/74.
N.T. CAMPAIGN AGAINST ILLEGAL STRUCTURES
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO STEP UP ITS CAMPAIGN NEXT YEAR TO CLEAR ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON UNLEASED LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE DRIVE WILL BE COUPLED WITH A CONTINUING PUBLICITY PROGRAMME TO ASSIST PEOPLE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATION OF STRUCTURES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) A GREAT NUMBER OF TEMPORARY STRUCTURES ERECTED WITHOUT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY STILL EXISTED IN VARIOUS N.T. DISTRICTS.
+THIS SITUATION CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO WORSEN BECAUSE THE STRUCTURES HAVE CAUSED OBSTRUCTIONS AND A SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO CONTAIN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ALSO POSE A CONSIDERABLE HINDRANCE TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE GROWTH AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT HAD MADE A TWO-PRONGED ATTACK ON THE PROBLEM -- Á +BLITZ+ BACKED UP BY ROUTINE SQUATTER CONTROL PATROLS AND THROUGH PUBLICITY AND ADVICE.
+BOTH METHODS HAVE PRODUCED ENCOURAGING RESULTS AND THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN THE RURAL AREAS IS ON THE DECLINE,+ HE SAID.
/THE.....
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